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Subject: Happy Birthday Bob - world's oldest man marks milestone in isolation
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/20 at 3:58 am
Happy Birthday Bob - world's oldest man marks milestone in isolation
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The world's oldest man is celebrating his one 112th birthday in self-isolation today. Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from Hampshire in the south of England, was born in 1908, the year the Wright Brothers made their first public flight. Mr Weighton lived through the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and is now under lockdown like the rest of the UK. Last year, he marked his 111th birthday with his many friends at his retirement flat. But this year will be a much quieter affair. "Everything is cancelled, no visitors, no celebration," he said. "It's a dead loss as far as celebration is concerned."